Coast Guard conducting helicopter landings in Detroit

Apr. 19, 2013

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Detroit Free Press Staff Writer

The Grosse Pointe Woods Public Safety Department has issued an alert that the U.S. Coast Guard is conducting helicopter take-offs and landings at the permanent helicopter site being established for St. John Hospital and Medical Center in Detroit.

The Nixle alert, which was issued at 11:40 a.m. Friday, said the effort is designed to establish correct GPS coordinates for potential future landings with patients.

ďAs a result of these operations, the helicopter has taken off and landed 4 times. Hospital Administration has advised this Department that the helicopters have been circling and hovering over portions of our City while conducting these operations, which has understandably generated calls and concerns from residents to City Staff,Ē the alert said.

Some nearby residents have complained in recent months about helicopter noise associated with the hospitalís temporary landing site in Grosse Pointe Woods.